God’s Very Good Thought

Excellent overview of the Gospel story for all ages
I have been avidly searching for books to introduce my two year old to the Gospel. Most of the materials I found were overly simplistic, cartoonish, or simply mistold Bible stories. Enter “God’s Very Good Idea!” This book simplified the Gospel story in a way that my child could understand without over simplifying! It covers the gospel story: God’s plan, man’s sin, God’s rescue, and His coming again! It’s all there without compromise!The illustrator and author did a marvelous job depicting God’s world as He envisioned: perfect relationship with Him and with one another. The children are happy and playing together and they are enjoying all that God has made in a park. Yet the next page shows the same picture after sin has entered the picture. Sadness, fighting, and stealing are all a few things that are show in this picture. These two contrasting pictures have inspired her to ask so many questions like “Why is she crying?,” “Why is that boy running away with the ball?,” etc. and it has given me the opportunity to talk about sin (an elusive, evading, and abstract concept) in a real, concrete way that makes sense for her age and development.The entirety of the book shows the intentional beauty of God’s design in making us all different yet all in His image as tremendously valuable and worthy because of Christ’s death on the cross! I know that as my daughter grows older she will grow into understanding with this theme as well.Lastly, and by far my favorite thing about this book, it introduced my daughter to Christ’s death on the cross. After reading this she began telling us that “Christ died on a cross.” I love that every time I read this book she is hearing of what Christ has done for us! Overall, this is a very well done book and holds the interest of my daughter now and will be a book she can grow into!

Great read for littles!
This is a favorite in our home! Beautiful illustrations to accompany. I discovered this book when searching for Christian stories on Kinder Book Review. It’s a favorite on our home!

Love the story, message, and artwork.
First of all, the artwork in this story is so beautiful and I jump at the chance to buy any book illustrated by Catalina Echeverri. But this is also a great gospel-centered story about how God intended for us to love each other and embrace each other’s differences but how sin keeps us from doing that. In times such as these I want to teach my children to be aware of, interested in, and celebrate other’s cultures, skin colors, and differences and for them to know that’s what God wants from them as well.

Perfect book to teach the gospel and show Diversity!
I love this book for my littles! I love the diversity on every page, reflecting how each person on earth is made in God’s image! The illustrations are beautiful and every page describes the gospel to my kids in a way they can understand! My son asks to read it every night! Perfect Biblical based book to add to your collection and teach your children not only the gospel but how to love all of God’s creation, because it was God’s perfect idea!

Started reading it with my 3 year old and she wanted it every night for a while. I think it’s excellent, will keep reading it to her as she gets bigger and can understand more of it. Pictures are great too.

We love this book! Such a beautiful, much needed book for diverse Christian community. It’s a wonderful explaination of the gospel in way that celebrates people of all ethnicities and abilities!

Nicely and simply written story accompanied with wonderful illustrations,